Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bent's (old) Fort (reconstruction)
- View of Bent's Fort (Bent County), Colorado; shows adobe walls and a corral.
- Bent's Fort (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Bent County--1980-1990.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Bent County--1980-1990.; Historic sites--Colorado--Bent's...
- 1984 May 5
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- corral. Several pieces of wood lie scattered on the dirt ground in the corral and among the trees in the background.; Two ranchers and a young boy hold a calf down as a third rancher brands it with a long branding iron in a corral, probably at the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle branding--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A group of ranchers holds two calves down to inspect them in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A young boy lies on his side holding the hind legs of a calf. One rancher stands apart from the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback ropes a calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A herd of Herefords, including several calves, stands in the background near the log fence of the corral. Tall trees...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback leans to one side as he ropes a calf in a corral at a ranch, probably the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A herd of Herefords stands along the log fence of the corral. Another herd stands in an...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback twirls a lasso in the air as he ropes a Hereford calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. Another rancher walks toward the roped calf. Tall trees stand outside of the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A young boy works to hold down a calf in a corral at a ranch, probably the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small group of ranchers sits on the ground in the corral behind the young boy. A herd of Herefords stands...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback holds a rope attached to a calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. Two ranchers and a young boy hold the roped calf down to inspect it. Another rancher walks toward the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback twirls a lasso in the air as he ropes a calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A herd of Herefords, including several calves, stands near the log fence of the corral....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Tent crew
- A group of workers is gathered in the foreground holding sledgehammers. The men are members of the tent crew for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. They all wear work clothes and some wear suspenders. Numerous horseback riders are in the background...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Staff.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Ranch scene
- View of an unidentified ranch in possibly Carbon (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows men and a woman on horseback. Dairy cows and horses are near a corral.
- Cattle ranches--Wyoming--1890-1920.; Cows--Wyoming--1890-1920.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--1890-1920.; Men--Wyoming--1890-1920.; Women--Wyoming--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- The Curtis coal mine
- View of the Curtis coal mining camp in northwestern Colorado; shows tents, wooden buildings, outhouses, and a corral. Dust or smoke rises from mine at right.
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Cowboys in a corral
- Men and women pose on horseback or seated on a corral fence probably on a ranch in western Colorado. Cowboys on horseback pose with roped calves in the corral. A haystack is beside the fence. Men wear cowboy hats and suspenders; women wear dresses...
- Corrals--Colorado--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roping--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Company M. Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- Members of Company M of the Deputy Army, sent in to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors near Big Bull Mountain, Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men shoulder rifles and wear hats. Other members of the Deputy Army stand...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Smiley, T. E. 25, 28 years- a scout, 7 years police, his 28 years under Genls Crook and Miles.
- T. E. Smiley, a Native American Dakota Sioux scout and policeman poses with his horse loaded with supplies, outside a corral.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Pack animals--1900-1910.; Police--1900-1910.; Smiley, T. E.
- 1909?
- Panorama from Union Depot
- Aerial view of lumber yards, frame and multi story brick buildings in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The "Gaylord & Wright Horse & Mule Market" is on Wazee Street near an enclosed "Feed & Sale Corral." Shows horse drawn wagons...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Cal Brown Durango Corral
- A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon in front of a Durango, Colorado, business in La Plata County. Eight men, one horse, and a dog stand on the boardwalk outside of the commercial storefront. One man is an amputee wearing a prosthetic device on his...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Ft. Marcy overlooking Shitti Corral from Masonic Temple Santa Fe, N.M.
- Ft. Marcy stands on a hillside above Santa Fe, New Mexico, overlooking the Shitti Corral. The fort's buildings are flat-roofed and resemble pueblos.
- Forts & fortifications--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Agricultural Dist., Cattle Creek Mesa, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View across sage & prairie grasslands towards agricultural fields, Cattle Creek Mesa, Garfield County, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; distant view of ranch or farm buildings, hay stacks with stacking rack, & herd of cattle in corral.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of small arena with a matador or picador in center, in Gillett, Colorado. A matador, possibly Senor Jose Marrero, in bullfighting attire, holds a banderilla (decorated pick) while bulls stand near the back of the wooden corral. Wooden...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Granby Colorado
- View north over early Granby, Grand County, Colorado, includes scattered wood frame buildings and a corral. The structures are gabled or have false fronts; one with a hipped roof is under construction.
- Granby (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Granby--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1904]
- Rifle area ranch
- View of a ranch probably near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; snow covers haystacks, barns, a house, and hills. Cattle are in a corral.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Branding Scenes
- A rancher, possibly George Green, rides a white horse and twirls a lasso in the air as he goes to rope a calf in a corral at a ranch in Gilpin County, Colorado. Another rope is already attached to the calf. A herd of Herefords stands along the...
- Hereford cattle--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [1940?]
- Road to Walpi
- View from road to the Native American (Hopi) pueblo, Walpi, Arizona, on First Mesa in distance; shows a twisted tree, an outhouse and a corral.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1940-1960.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1940-1960.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1940-1960.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1940-1960.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1940-1960.;...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Ute group
- View of a Native American (Ute) man, women, and children with a white man in a brush corral.
- Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Children--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Colorado Midland RR, Lake Ivanhoe
- View of Ivanhoe Lake (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows buildings, lumber, and a corral.
- Ivanhoe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ivanhoe Lake (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Ivanhoe--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Ivanhoe--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 1434 to 44 Wazee St. Denver, Colo.
- View of a livery and brick business at 1434 Wazee Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows horses, well dressed people in carriages, buggies and a wagon, storefronts, and signs: "Racine Wagon and Carriage Co. Peter Schuttler Wagons.," "John Thams...
- John Thams Carriages Buggies Wagons (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Old Elephant Corral (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Churche's [sic] Lake on the Denver & Interurban Ry.
- View towards Church's Lake, Colorado, reached via Denver & Interurban Railroad; shows lake with barn, stacks of hay, and wooden board corral. This was probably agricultural and irrigation system pioneer George H. Church's ranch near Broomfield.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Church, George H.
- [between 1908 and 1918]
- West Leadville
- In this view of west Leadville, Colorado, mine tailings and a long pipe are in the foreground with sheds, barns, lean-tos, log cabins, one-story residences, plank fences, cows, horses, and burros in the middleground. A sign on top of the barn roof...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Construction--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1880]
- Montrose, Colo
- People pose with a buggy and canvas covered merchant's wagon, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. A frame barn has a false-front and lettering: "Studebaker Wagons," "Magnolia Livery Feed and Sale Stables," "Schuttler Wagons & Buggies," and...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 July 23
- Walden, the last big horse roundup in North Park, at the Colonel Moore Ranch
- View of Colonel Moore's ranch, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado; shows cowboys on rail fences and horses in a corral.
- Moore, Colonel--Homes & haunts.; Walden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Colorado--Walden--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Walden--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Las Vegas Hot Springs & vicinity
- View of the Stone Hotel in Montezuma (San Miguel County), New Mexico. The rusticated stone hotel has second and third story verandas and a cupola with dormers and a mansard roof. Shows the Old Adobe Hotel, an adobe building with a Territorial style...
- Old Adobe Hotel (Montezuma, N.M.)--1870-1880.; Stone Hotel (Montezuma, N.M.)--1870-1880.; Gallinas Creek (San Miguel County, N.M.)--1870-1880.; Montezuma (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Montezuma--1870-1880.; Hotels--New...
- [between 1879 and 1880?]
- St. Mary's Station, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider approaches Saint Mary's Station (Rocky Ridge Station), a Pony Express station and military garrison on the Oregon Trail in Fremont County, Wyoming. A man with a fresh horse waits in the middle of the Oregon Trail. Soldiers...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Saint Marys Station (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.) 1860-1870.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Saint Marys Station--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Saint Marys Station--1860-1870.;...
- 1933
- Osier
- View of Osier, Conejos County, Colorado; shows frame dwellings, a privy and a corral.
- Osier (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- October 1924
- Bridge crossing San Miguel River at Pinion [sic] Colo.
- View of a bridge over the San Miguel River in Pinon (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows people by the river, scattered wood frame houses, a wagon, and cows near a corral.
- Pinon (Montrose County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Pinon--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pinon (Montrose County)--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Pinon--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 16
- Debris at 2nd and Grand Ave. - showing high water line
- Flood debris in Pueblo, Colorado, includes carved wood molding, stamped ceiling metal, door, crates, wheels, lumber, and mud. A frame building has roof damage and a sign: "Mammoth Corral." A shed lays sideways in front of a four-story brick...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Unidentified ranch
- View of a ranch near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; cattle feed on hay in a corral. Snow covers houses, haystacks, and mountains.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Animal feeding--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose near a herd of horses on a hillside in Rio Blanco County, Colorado near Yellow Creek. The men are on horseback or stand nearby and wear cowboy hats, jackets, boots with spurs, chaps, gloves and carry lariats. Horses are in a temporary...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- 1911
- Rollinsville area
- View of a ranch near Rollinsville (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows a barn, stable and corrals. Horses, a car and jeep are near the stable. Horses, probably from the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, and a truck are in the corral. A man is in the back...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barns--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Gilpin...
- 1949 July
- Doc Howard Lamb
- Osteopathic surgeon, Howard E. "Doc" Lamb poses on horseback near a log corral. He wears western style clothes and holds a cowboy hat. His horse has a saddle, bridle, and a running-martingale decorated with metal inlay.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lamb, Howard E., osteopathic surgeon.
- 1949 July
- Lunch break at Stead's Dr. Buck Evans (obstetrics and gynecology), Dr. Lyn Carman (orthodontist), Al Young (Peerless Printing), Burr Betts (Security Life Insurance), Harry Fontius (Fontius Shoes), Rudy Savage (decorator).
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members pose near a corral at Stead's Lodge (formerly Sprague's) in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The riders wear western clothing, hats, name badges on vests and bolo ties or scarves, and are identified left...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Corrals--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.
- 1956 July
- Saddled and ready to ride! Harold "Hoppy" Rice (theater executive).
- Harold Rice sits on his horse in a corral in Colorado. He wears a cowboy hat, western shirt, blue jeans and cowboy hat. His horse has a tooled martingale and bucking strap. Saddled and unsaddled horses are in the corral.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Rice, Harold E.
- 1952 July
- Ocean Park, Ocean Promenade
- Vacationers sit on benches and walk on Pier Avenue in Ocean Park in Santa Monica (Los Angeles County), California. Above the pedestrians, chairs sit on a second story balcony. Across the street, an outdoor band shell is built into the second floor...
- Santa Monica (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Benches--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; People--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; Sitting--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Hills across the creek from Cliff Street showing prospect cars and old dumps
- View from Cliff Street, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows mines, tailings, barn, and corral.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Boettlers [sic] Ranch
- View of Frederick and Phillip Bottler's Ranch in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Five men dressed in work clothes stand by the lowered gate of a split rail corral. A cabin close by has a pitched wooden roof. Animal hides cover the exterior...
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Corrals--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Ranches--Yellowstone National...
- [1871.]